Korean War Memorial, Sydney

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The Korean War Memorial is located in Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is a tribute to the 17,000 Australian troops who served in the United Nations contingent during the Korean War. It was dedicated in 2009. [1] It was declared a Military Memorial of National Significance on 23 April 2013. [2]

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History

The memorial is circular in plan, with a curving path through it forming the shape of the taegeuk, the symbol at the centre of the flag of South Korea. The pathway carries the names of the twenty-one countries of the UN task force. At the centre of the memorial are two granite stones quarried at the location of the Battle of Kapyong. They represent the divided Korean Peninsula. 136 steel and bronze flowers, based on the Rose of Sharon, the national flower of South Korea, represent the fallen troops from New South Wales. Eleven jagged pieces of concrete, depicting the rugged Korean landscape, carry the names of the battle in which Australians were awarded battle honours. [3]

Taegeuk

Taegeuk is a traditional Korean symbol. The word is cognate with the Chinese term Taiji, meaning "supreme ultimate". The symbol was chosen for the design of the national flag in the 1880s, known as taegeukgi. The Taegeuk is commonly associated with Korean tradition and represents balance in the universe: the red half represents positive cosmic forces, and the blue half represents the opposing negative cosmic forces. It is used in Korean Shamanism, Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism.

Flag of South Korea flag

The flag of South Korea, also known as the Taegukgi, has three parts: a white rectangular background, a red and blue Taegeuk in its center, and four black trigrams one toward each corner. The first pattern of Taegukgi was made by Kojong. Flags similar to the current Taegeukgi were used as the national flags of Korea by the Joseon dynasty, the Korean Empire, and by the Korean exile government during Japanese rule. It has continued to be used as a national flag even after the establishment of the South Korean state on August 15, 1948.

Battle of Kapyong Battle during the Korean War

The Battle of Kapyong, also known as the Battle of Jiaping, was fought during the Korean War between United Nations Command (UN) forces—primarily Australian, Canadian and New Zealand—and the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA). The fighting occurred during the Chinese Spring Offensive and saw the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade establish blocking positions in the Kapyong Valley, on a key route south to the capital, Seoul. The two forward battalions—3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry —supported by an artillery battery from the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery, occupied positions astride the valley and hastily developed defences. As thousands of soldiers from the Republic of Korea Army (ROK) began to withdraw through the valley, the PVA infiltrated the brigade position under the cover of darkness, and assaulted the Australians on Hill 504 during the evening and into the following day.

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References

  1. ↑ Caruana, Patrick (26 July 2009). "Korean War Memorial unveiled in Sydney". The Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax Media. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sydney memorials declared nationally significant". Minister for Veterans' Affairs (Australia) . Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Ward, Natalie. "Korean War Memorial". Architecture AU. Architecture Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

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